Oklahoma song chords by Hoyt Axton

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Verse 1
F 
G 
C 
F 
G 
 (F major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major) Listen
C 
 (C major) to the old
F 
G 
 (F major) kid playin' the  (G major) pi ano
F 
Pickin' and a  (F major) grinnin' and
Am 
a singin'  (A minor) his song
Bb 
F 
Don't it  (B flat major) make you want to  (F major) dance now
Ab 
Eb 
Don't  (A flat major) it make you  (E flat major) want to sing
F 
La dee  (F major) da dee oh
C 
F 
Red  (C major) river  (F major) wa ter runnin'
C 
G 
 (C major) deep in my  (G major) blood
C 
F 
If the  (C major) good Lord's  (F major) willin'
Am 
and the creeks don't  (A minor) rise
Dm 
Bb 
F 
And  (D minor) it makes me want to  (B flat major) laugh  (F major) now,
Ab 
Eb 
and it makes  (A flat major) me want to  (E flat major) cry
F 
Eb 
Happy for my  (F major) childhood, Oklahoma song  (E flat major) 
Ab 
The guitar's  (A flat major) drummin'
Eb 
Ab 
and the  (E flat major) banjo's  (A flat major) pickin'
Eb 
Ab 
And  (E flat major) listen to  (A flat major) the old -time
Eb 
Bb 
F 
 (E flat major) fiddlers  (B flat major) moan  (F major) 
Eb 
Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) Sum mertime  (A flat major) nights are  (E flat major) on my  (A flat major) mind
Eb 
Ab 
Eb 
F 
and I  (E flat major) wonder how the  (A flat major) old folks  (E flat major) are back  (F major) home,
G 
sweet home  (G major) 
Am 
And I  (A minor) guess I must
D 
have been about  (D major) seventeen
F 
C 
when  (F major) I left my home,  (C major) sweet home
G 
Am 
 (G major) I  (A minor) spent a lot of time around
D 
the  (D major) people's scene
F 
G 
C 
and I  (F major) spent some time alone  (G major)  (C major) 
G 
C 
 (G major) I've been a rich have and a  (C major) poor have not,
G 
I  (G major) gave what I could
C 
and I  (C major) got back a lot
F 
G 
F 
And I  (F major) loved it, yes,  (G major)  (F major) loved it
C 
 (C major) Wouldn't change
Dm 
a minute of a  (D minor) single day
D 
And I  (D major) can't change the meaning
G 
of the  (G major) words I say
D 
And  (D major) when I don't like it well
F 
C 
G 
I  (F major) just try to leave it  (C major) alone  (G major) 
C 
I said, listen  (C major) to the old
F 
C 
G 
 (F major) man playin'  (C major) the pian (G major) o
C 
F 
Pick (C major) in' and a  (F major) -grinnin'
Am 
and a -singin' his  (A minor) song
D 
Dm 
Don't  (D major) it make you  (D minor) wan
Bb 
F 
na dance  (B flat major)  (F major) now?
Eb 
Don't it make  (E flat major) you wanna sing?